Budweiser Shootout at Daytona is an annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series exhibition event held at Daytona International Speedway in February, the weekend before the Daytona 500. Busch Clash was the mind child of Monty Roberts Brand Manager of the newly formed Busch beer which had formerly been Busch Bavarian Beer to promote the new Beer. Monty Roberts had during his career been involved with successfully introducing Mercury Automotive Division into ra...
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Budweiser Shootout at Daytona is an annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series exhibition event held at Daytona International Speedway in February, the weekend before the Daytona 500. Busch Clash was the mind child of Monty Roberts Brand Manager of the newly formed Busch beer which had formerly been Busch Bavarian Beer to promote the new Beer. Monty Roberts had during his career been involved with successfully introducing Mercury Automotive Division into racing when he was with Ford Motor Co., and he had been a part of the Ontario Motor Speedway and believed racing fans were loyal true followers. The name of the race was changed 20 years later. 'Busch Clash' was a fifty-mile "all-out sprint". In its current format, it is made up of two segments: a short 25-lap segment, followed by a ten-minute intermission. After the intermission, the race concludes with a 50-lap segment in which each car will need to make a pit stop for fuel. The race, like the Sprint All-Star Race held at Lowe's Motor Speedway...
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